Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
वेदोक्तं सकलं यस्माद्विष्णुरेव हि कथ्यते । पुराणेषु च वेदेषु धर्मशास्त्रेषु भारत
vedoktaṃ sakalaṃ yasmādviṣṇureva hi kathyate | purāṇeṣu ca vedeṣu dharmaśāstreṣu bhārata
Denn alles, was der Veda lehrt, wird wahrlich als Viṣṇu selbst verkündet—o Bhārata—ebenso in den Purāṇas, in den Veden und in den Dharmaśāstras.
Vyāsa (contextual continuation)
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: A calm teaching scene: a sage instructs ‘Bhārata’ with palm-leaf manuscripts of Veda, Purāṇa, and Dharmaśāstra arranged like a triad, with Viṣṇu’s luminous presence implied as their inner meaning.
FAQs
It teaches scriptural concord: Veda, Purāṇa, and Dharmaśāstra converge upon Viṣṇu as the ultimate meaning.
The verse is doctrinal rather than topographical, occurring within the Dharmāraṇya setting.
None; it asserts a theological principle about the unity of śāstra.